31. XXXI.
IN THE “APOSSEL BIZNIS.”
The sole uv Nasby's foot knoze no rest. Eternal
viggilence is the prise uv liberty, and a old
Dimekrat who hez never skratched a tikkit, and
who never spiles his likker by dilooshn, kin work
in these perilus times. I am engaged in organizin
sosieties on the basis uv the Union ez it wuz,
the Constitooshn ez it is, and the nigger wher he
ought to be. This imployment soots me. The
apossel biznis I like. Brot into continooal contack
with the best uv Dimekrats, I hev the run
uv a thowsan jugs—pay regler and libral—fasilitiz
fer borrerin unekalled—I am kontent. I send a
few extrax frum my journal.
Mundy, 2d.—Kum into Whartensberg afoot.
Wuz reseevd with enthooziasm, invited to drink
20 times in ez menny minits, wich invitashens I
acceptid, solely fer the good uv the coz. Hevin
cast-iron bowils, I survived the trial. I found
here a order called the “Limit,” wich is a good
thing. Hed a meetin, and added the oaths to resist
drafts and shelterin deserters; and after exhortin
uv them to stand by Dimokrasy, borrered
thirty dolers and a clean shirt, and departid.
[Poskrip.—The clean shirt I borrered frum a line
about 9 P. M.]
Toosdy, 3d.—Houktown wuz the next pint.
Dimokrasy all rite to opperate on. Never wuz
in a place in wich nigger wuz so hated and feerd.
They hev a holesum prejoodis agin every thing
black. Wun old patriark shot all his black sheep,
paintid a black hoss red, and his dawter, a gushin
maiden uv thirty-too, askt the objik uv her affeckshins
too dy his raven locks white. A roomer
that a provo marshel wuz in the visinity did the
job for him in a single nite. Found em well organizd.
Addrest em at length, showin conclusivly
that hed Linkin resined in faver uv the
hi-minded Davis, we shood never hed this war;
that sech a compermise, and the follerin concessions,
wood hev averted blud-shed, to-wit:
The rite uv suffrage to be held only by slaveowners,
and sech ez they may designate.
The repele uv awl tariffs ceptin the wun on
sugar.
The fillin up uv Boston harber.
The suppreshun uv the Triboon.
The hangin uv Giddins, Waid, Stevens, Sumner,
and Oin Luvgoy.
I dwelt at length on the horrers uv amalgamashen,
and closed with an elokent appele to
stand by Vallandigum and pure Dimokrasy. Borrered
three dolers on a prommis to remit, wich I
shel do sum time after next Presidenshel eleckshin.
I made the wictim ezy by given him my
note. Wen men can be made comfortable by
simply a note, I alluz do it, if they furnish paper.
Benevolens is a prominent trate in my karicter.
Wensdy, 4th.—Van Buren wuz my next pint.
The Dimokrasy here hev their lamps trimd and
burnin. They indoost more soljers to desert than
any township in the county, ceptin Amandy and
Union. I organized a branch sosiety to wunst. A
blessid feelin pervades here. They jest more
than hate niggers, and morn twenty babies hev
bin named Vallandigum within six munths. One
enthoosiastic old butternut named a femail infant
Vallandighamia, and another named his boy Vallandigum
Woods Bright. The boy hez a strong
constitooshn and may live. Things is workin in
Allen. I borrered only 8 dollers uv the fatheful,
which I shel pay wen 1 uv my rich uncles pegs out.
I shel percede to Unyum and Orange townships
immejitly.
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Paster uv sed Church, in charge.
